Articles Posted in 2009
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Police State Raids Against Immigrants
Along with Muslims, Latinos are its prime targets, often using militarized unconstitutional tactics against vulnerable, defenseless people. Post-9/11, the Bush administration initiated them, and they continue under Obama.
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Alioto-Veronese Exploring District 2 Candidacy
Mayor Gavin Newsom appointed Veronese to the San Francisco Police Commission in 2004. Despite political pressure from Newsom, Veronese cast the deciding vote to elect Theresa Sparks as commission president, the first transgendered person to head a big city commission in the U.S.
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Mirkarimi Warns NCPA
of PG&E Monopoly-Protecting Ballot InitiativeThe ballot initiative, deceptively dubbed “The Taxpayers Right to Vote Act,†would, if passed by voters, amend the California constitution to require the assent of two-thirds of voters to “expand electric delivery service to a new territory or new customers, or to implement a plan to become an aggregate electricity provider,†according to the measure’s statement of purpose.
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Will Ferrell stands up for the real health care victims
Protect Insurance Companies PSA from Will Ferrell September 22, 2009 A lot of people are saying mean things about insurance company executives. Let’s give them a break. After all, only 80 percent of Americans want…
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Astroturfing San Francisco
At least nine parks, including Franklin Square Park, Garfield Square Park and Silver Terrace Playground have already been astroturfed or are in the pipeline with funds committed for the conversion. At least 18 more parks are threatened with the same fate. That’s dozens upon dozens of acres of neighborhood parks that are filling up with hazardous waste every year. The latest victim of this trend is the Western Addition’s Kimbell Park, where workers broke ground Wednesday (9/16/09) two days after a contentious town hall meeting at the Jewish Community High School, hosted by Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi of District 5.
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Muslims Celebrate Eid
Coming with the new moon, the Eid festival marks the end of ‘Ramadan’ – a month when Muslims fast throughout the day and eat only at night. Prayers, feasts and family gatherings are the major highlights of the celebrations. It was during this month that the holy Koran was revealed. Eid means recurring happiness or festivity. Eid is celebrated with much enthusiasm and fervor and Muslims from all strata of life can be seen adorned in beautiful new clothes, visiting the mosques to attend Salatul Eid (Eid prayers). Greetings of “Eid-Mubarak” or “a blessed Eid” are exchanged.
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Glenn Beck’s Demagoguery, Right Wing Extremism,
and RacismFox News racist Glenn Beck By Stephen Lendman September 16, 2009 At a time of 24-hour news and a proliferation of television and radio talk shows featuring hatemongers and demagogues like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly,…
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